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Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceWhat Self-Awareness Actually Is And Why It Changes Everything with Paul FrancisMidlife has a way of asking questions you can't ignore anymore. Who am I underneath all of this? Why do I keep reacting the same way? Is this actually my life — or just the one I fell into? This conversation won't answer them for you. But it might help you start looking. What does self-awareness actually mean — and how does it change your life in midlife? In this episode of Midlife Unfiltered, Margit Cruice is joined by Paul Francis — systems engineer, mental health advocate, and creator of A Ship of Thoughts — for a deeply ho...
2026-03-0959 min
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceWhat If the Question Is Enough? Using Curiosity to Change Your Life in MidlifeWhat if the most powerful thing you could do today isn't find the answer — it's ask a better question and then not answer it? In this Thinking Out Loud episode, Margit sits down with her partner Clarkie to unpack something she's quietly been using for 15 years: quantum questions. Not quantum physics (no science degree required), but a surprisingly simple tool for shifting your thinking, bypassing your inner critic, and opening the door to possibilities you didn't know you were blocking. At its heart, a quantum question is one your conscious mind can...
2026-03-0218 min
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceFrom Paralympics to Para Ice Hockey: Lynda Holt on Resilience, Reinvention & Saying YesParalympic silver medallist Lynda Holt shares her journey from athletics to para ice hockey at 53. Learn about midlife reinvention, overcoming disability barriers, resilience after setbacks, and why saying yes before you're ready might be the bravest thing you can do.In this episode of Midlife Unfiltered, Lynda discusses her path to the Sydney 2000 Paralympics, working two jobs for free to prove herself, spending four months in hospital during COVID, and her goal to compete in the 2030 Winter Paralympics.Perfect for women in midlife seeking inspiration, disability advocates, and anyone interested in...
2026-02-231h 05
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceEnd goals, journeys and the detours we takeHave you ever felt impatient to arrive — only to realise life is happening while you’re waiting?This is a gentle pause in the middle of midlife’s big question In this Thinking Out Loud conversation, Margit is joined by her partner, Clarkie, for a spacious reflection on one of those ideas that sounds simple but deepens with age: journey versus destination.Together, they wander through midlife experiences of career, purpose, responsibility and reinvention — noticing how easy it is to fixate on goals, timelines and comparisons, and how quietly we can miss...
2026-02-1619 min
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceThe Quiet Work That Could Shape a Generation with Emer O'DonnellWhat happens when the life you planned falls apart — and you’re asked to meet yourself without the roles, the certainty, or the script? This is a conversation about fear, presence, and the quiet work of remembering who you are and your purpose. Some of the most important work shaping our future isn’t loud, urgent or reactive. It happens quietly — in the way young people are seen, listened to, and supported as they form their sense of self. Margit sits down with Emer to explore her story and how it’s led to a d...
2026-02-091h 06
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceComfort Zones, Habits and Midlife ChangeWhat if the life you’re living isn’t wrong — just a little too familiar? Midlife has a way of quietly asking whether comfort is still serving you… or slowly shrinking you. In this Thinking Out Loud episode, Margit is joined by Brett for an honest, meandering and very real conversation about comfort zones — the obvious ones, and the ones we barely notice we’re living inside. They reflect on routine, habit and how easily life in midlife can become predictable, even when it looks perfectly fine from the outside. Not all comfort zo...
2026-02-0216 min
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceDiagnosis Is Not Destiny with Sue MooreWhat happens when your body delivers news you never wanted — and you decide not to let it define you?This conversation invites a different way of meeting challenge in midlife. In this episode of Midlife Unfiltered, Margit is joined by Sue Moore for a deeply honest conversation about body trust, identity and choosing how we respond when life shifts unexpectedly. Sue shares what unfolded after a health diagnosis threatened to narrow her world — and how it instead became an invitation to listen more closely, move differently and relate to her body with curio...
2026-01-261h 02
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceRemembering the Miracle of YouWhat if midlife isn’t about fixing yourself — but remembering who you already are?And what changes when you stop seeing your life as an accident and start seeing it as a miracle? In this first Thinking Out Loud episode of Midlife Unfiltered, host Margit Cruice is joined by her partner Brett Clarke for an unpolished, spacious conversation about what it means to see yourself — and your life — differently in midlife. Sparked by a poem and shaped by lived experience, the conversation gently explores the idea of being a miracle...
2026-01-1915 min
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceFrom Manifesting to Surrender with Mary Beth BezzinaWhat happens when the life you planned doesn’t unfold the way you expected — and something even richer takes its place?In this first-ever guest episode of Midlife Unfiltered, Margit is joined by her soul sister, occupational therapist and mentor Mary Beth Bezzina, for a deep and honest conversation about midlife awakening, surrender, and trusting life beyond effort and striving.Together, they explore the shift many women experience in midlife — moving from manifesting and control into surrender, ease and grace. Mary Beth shares her personal journey of letting go of expectations around career and pu...
2026-01-191h 01
Midlife Unfiltered with Margit CruiceMidlife Unfiltered TrailerMidlife Unfiltered is a podcast that challenges the outdated stories we’ve been told about ageing, identity and what midlife is supposed to look like.Hosted by leadership and midlife coach Margit Cruice, this podcast offers grounded wisdom, honest conversations and a touch of cheekiness for women — and those curious about midlife — who sense there is more available to them than shrinking or playing small.This is a space for questioning old narratives, reconnecting with inner fire and exploring midlife as a powerful, expansive and deeply human chapter of life.
2026-01-1502 min